Thread by @hopenothate

1/ Today, the @Conservatives Party Conference starts in Blackpool.

While the Tories distract from the rampant #Islamophobia that runs deep within the party, we thought we would remind you of recent events 👇

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2/ We recently produced a dossier on #Islamophobia within the Tory Party and sent a copy of our submission to the Singh inquiry to all 360 Tory MPs.

The dossier revealed over 30 different MPs, councillors and other senior figures guilty of engaging with anti-Muslim hate online.

3/ Much to our surprise, not one Tory MP engaged with our submission to the Singh inquiry adequately despite the party’s problematic Islamophobic nature.

Read the dossier here 👇
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4/ In 2018, the Prime Minister, @BorisJohnson, compared Muslim women to letterboxes and bank robbers.

Hate crimes against Muslims went up 375% the subsequent week.

5/ Last year, MP for Wealden, Nus Ghani, was removed from her ministerial position due to her ‘Muslimness making people uncomfortable’.

The issue of Islamophobia runs deep within the Tory Party. Our recent polling demonstrates this.

6/ We conducted polling on Tory Party members which found almost half of Tory Party members believed Islam “a threat to the British way of life”.

66% of Tory Party members who voted for Boris Johnson believe that “there are no-go areas in Britain where Sharia law dominates”.

7/ It is time for the @Conservatives Party to take accountability.

Write to your MP to ask them to take Islamophobia within the Tory Party more seriously and send them our dossier which outlines their shortcomings when it comes to the issue.
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